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{{Main|Computer Industry|Software industry}}

The computer industry is made up of businesses involved in developing computer software, designing computer hardware and [[computer networking]] infrastructures, manufacturing computer components, and providing information technology services, including [[System administrator|system administration]] and maintenance.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bresnahan |first=Timothy F. |last2=Greenstein |first2=Shane |date=March 1999-03 |title=Technological Competition and the Structure of the Computer Industry |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-6451.00088 |journal=The Journal of Industrial Economics |language=en |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=1–40 |doi=10.1111/1467-6451.00088 |issn=0022-1821}}</ref>

The software industry includes businesses engaged in [[software development|development]], [[software maintenance|maintenance]], and [[software publisher|publication]] of software. The industry also includes software [[Service (economics)|service]]s, such as [[training]], [[software documentation|documentation]], and consulting.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}